Gaming for Education

Authors of this page: Prudence Spooner, Eva-Marie Lee, and Samantha Davis

Video Games foster:

Instrinsic Motivation
Fun
Encourages Curiosity
Problem Solving skills
Make Connections to the Past
Explore
Cope with challenges
Engagement and Flow

Gamification versus Game-Based Learning

Both support engagement and motivation.

Gamification

Kahoot uses leaderboards to support learning through competition.

Gimkit incorporates points to build motivation and engagement while learning.

Classcraft allows fantasy to drive team competition and automony.

ClassDojo supports positive behavior through the use of avatars.

Google Slides Templates

Escape Rooms and Bitmoji Classrooms have become popular. This is collaborative learning at its best.

Jeopardy games have been around awhile. I am also including an Eric Curts link to his template. Be sure to give him credit.

This teacher uses Google Slides for Guess What Word, Mystery Reveal, Boggle, Scavenger Hunt and Jeopardy (EricCurts.com)

This is a Social Studies Choose your own adventure template. This should be followed by reflection on the activity.

The Benefits of Gamification

The future of education using gamification makes new learning opportunities possible.

Game Based Learning

Minecraft supports student engagement.

Roblox supports student motivation.

Fortnite supports creativity.

Minecraft, Roblox, and sand-box games supports game-based learning to improve student academic outcomes.

The Benefits of Game-Based Learning

Learning through Minecraft

Autistic Students Learn through Autcraft

Scholarship

Challenging games help students learn: An empirical study on engagement, flow and immersion in game-based learning

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.07.045

Using online game-based platforms to improve student performance and engagement in histology teaching

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-019-1701-0

Scaffolding individual and collaborative game-based learning in learning performance and intrinsic motivation

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.03.010

Teacher perceptions of the value of game-based learning in secondary education

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2017.03.008

Mobile game-based learning in secondary education: Students’ immersion, game activities, team performance and learning outcomes

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.05.020

Does gamification satisfy needs? A study on the relationship between gamification features and intrinsic need satisfaction

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2018.12.002

The Gamification of Learning: a Meta-analysis

https://rdcu.be/b5Adf

Gamification: a systematic review of design frameworks

https://rdcu.be/b5Ade

Adaptive Gamification for Learning Environments

https://doi.org/10.1109/TLT.2018.2823710

Does gamification increase engagement with online programs? A systematic review

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173403

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